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if# WALTER P. NEWHALL, 0E NEW YORK, N. Y., AssI'eNoR To HIMSELE AND HAERIET A. DAVIsoN, oF THE SAME PLAGE.

- .Letters Patent No. 60,230, dated December 4, 1866. A*

Be it known that I, WALTER P. NEWHLL, of the city, county, and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful improvements in Street and Yard Hydrants, and do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the figures and letters marked thereon. Of these drawings- Figure 1 represents an exterior side view of a hydrant containing my improvements.

Figure 2 is a vertical section view of the hydrantl through the line y y, of f ig. 1, showing the arrangement of the water pipes and their connection with the various troughs.

Figure 3 is a plan view of the hydrant.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the several figures.

` Heretofore one class of hydrants have been constructed for certain uses, such as the .supplying of .water L to fire engines, 'to sewers, and for street cleaning and sprinkling, 85e.; and auotherclass for `furnishing the public generally with drinking water; to the latter is usually attached the tin cup or dipper-'shaped vessel. The .features of vthese two classes have not been before my invention combined'in one and the same hydrant. Again, the necessity of providing for someof )the domesticated animals, in an economical manner, and accessble at all times, aconstant supply of cool water in our-diierent cities and large towns, isobvious, but has been up to the present time overlooked. New, the objects of my improvements in `this regard are, first, to cause a hydrant to be so constructed that it may not only be used for -ire engines and other purposes above mentioned,` i but, in addition thereto, furnish the public with drinking walter, and, further, supply drinking water to horses, cows, dogs, and many other domestieatedanimals; second, in supplying the water in a manner that it will always bein afresh and cool state; and third, in keeping the water at the base of the hydrant and below the irefplug valve in a moving or live condition, so as to prevent its freezing in that vicinity during frosty weather.

Toenable others to construct and use my improvements I will proceed to describe them. v

A is the exterior casing of the hydrant, constructed in any convenient shape; B is the pipe through which y the water is drawn from the street main in order to supply the hydrant. Thisl pipe conducts the water into two F" branch pipes, C C, in the case of a double hydrant, as shown in the several figures. D is; the tire-plug valve of the I' hydrant, operated `by means of the rod and handle, E, when' letting on or shutting off the waterV required for l lire engines, Svc. At a short distance below this {ire-plug valve the pipe B is tapped, and a smaller` pipe, F,

inserted, which. conducts the water up Vto the spout, G, from whenceA it flows into the first trough or basinyH,

intended for the waste water from the spout and cup used by the drinkers. At the bottomof this trough or basin is inserted a small pipe, 1, which passes down to the bottom of a large trough, J, situated on theopposite side of the hydrant at a lower lev'el than the first-mentioned one. At a short distance below the top or rim of this trough, J, is placed an orifice to take the overfiow oif through the pipe, K, to supply the third trough,i]fi,`

situatedat a lower level than the trough, J, in the drawings, at the base of the hydrant. Near the top of this last referred to trough is placed another orifice to take the overiow oii` through the pipe, M, and into the gutter or` street. This last rtrough is shown in the drawings as extending all round the hydrant. It may, however,

especially if the hydrant is in close proximity to the gutter, extend only a portion of the whole distance around it. Such trough is intended to supply water for dogs, Ste. The trough, J, is intended for horses, cows, Ste., and

' for greater convenience, ought to be constructed on the side opposite to the waste trough or basin, H, face towards themiddle of the street and project over the gutter. It can extend half the distance or so around the i hydrant so as to permit of lmore than one animal drinking at the same time. The pipes 'leading between the several troughs are made of 4 a suiiicient size to permit of the overflow of water 'of one trough only fillingthe succeeding trough, without allowing the water to iiow over the edge of the latter one. The water is permitted to iiow up through the pipe, F, and then out of the spout, G, by turning a small `stop-cock, 1, placed inside of the easing of the hydrant on the pipe ucar the neck of the spout, and supplies with the one stream the various troughs named, and thereby greatly economizing the water. The runningstream is also changing theiwater in i the various troughs by degrees, and thus tends to keep it fresh and cool. In frosty weather this running stream y prevents the freezing of the water, just below the fire-plug valve, by keeping the water at that point in"1 motion. i What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A hydrant in which two or more exterior basins at different altitudes are connected by pipes within the easing, substantially as described. l

2. Combining a. fire hydrant with the said hydrant, substantially as described. Y 3. Keeping th water in a live condition beneath the re-plug valve D or cut-oi?, by means of the auxiliary eduction pipe F, or its equivalent, substantially as described.

WALTER P. NEWHALLe Witnesses:

WM. H. Breno?, JOHN MeINTYRE. 

